Demographic, behavioral, dietary, and clinical predictors of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES).

Aims: High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), a marker of inflammation, is associated with atherosclerosis, and recent studies indicate that therapies targeting inflammation are associated with reductions in cardiovascular risk. However, factors predictive of elevated hs-CRP in the general population have not been elucidated.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to identify independent predictors of elevated hs-CRP (≥3 mg/L) utilizing the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2015-2016 cycle.

Trends in Sodium Intake in Children and Adolescents in the US and the Impact of US Department of Agriculture Guidelines: NHANES 2003-2016.

Objective: To examine trends in sodium intake and the impact of nutritional guidelines in the US pediatric population.

Study Design: Sodium intake data collected between 2003 and 2016 in the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) were analyzed. Trends in intake for individuals aged 4-17 years and subgroups based on age, sex, and race and ethnicity were examined.

Ten-year outcomes in adult patients with congenital heart disease and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.

Background: Adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) patients may be at risk of sudden cardiac death and be candidates for an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). We evaluated the long-term rates of ventricular arrhythmias requiring treatment and mortality in these patients.

Methods: A single-center retrospective case-series identified ACHD patients with an ICD and were evaluated for the primary outcome of appropriate ICD intervention or ablation for ventricular tachyarrhythmias.

Trends in Dietary Sodium Intake in the United States and the Impact of USDA Guidelines: NHANES 1999-2016.

Background: Moderation in sodium consumption is recommended to reduce morbidity and mortality; however, trends in intake and the impact of guidelines have not been examined.

Methods: Sodium intake data collected from 1999-2016 in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys were analyzed. Trends in sodium intake for individuals aged 18 years or over and in subgroups based on age, sex, race and ethnicity, and sodium-sensitive chronic diseases were examined.

The Use of Flow Diversion for the Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms: Expansion of Indications.

Flow diversion is a novel concept for treating anatomically challenging intracranial aneurysms and has gained increasing acceptance. Flow diverter stents, such as the Pipeline Embolization Device (PED) (ev3-Covidien, Irvine, CA, USA), are approved for treating unruptured large and giant aneurysms from the internal carotid artery between the superior hypophyseal and cavernous segments. However, technological advances and recent clinical results suggest that flow diversion can be safely and effectively used in treating ruptured aneurysms, posterior circulation aneurysms, and distal anterior circulation aneurysms.

Endovascular management of adjacent tandem intracranial aneurysms: utilization of stent-assisted coiling and flow diversion.

Background: Tandem intracranial aneurysms are aneurysms located along a single intracranial vessel. Adjacent tandem aneurysms arise within the same vascular segment and their presence often suggests diffuse parent vessel anomaly. Endovascular management of these rare lesions has not been well studied.

Use of coils in conjunction with the pipeline embolization device for treatment of intracranial aneurysms.

Background: Coiling in conjunction with Pipeline embolization device (PED) placement could provide immediate dome protection and an intraaneurysmal scaffold to prevent device prolapse for intracranial aneurysms with high rupture risk and complex anatomy.

Objective: To report results after treatment of aneurysms with PED with coils (PED+coils group) or without (PED-only group) at a single-institution.

Methods: In this case-controlled study, records of patients who underwent PED treatment between 2011 and 2013 were retrospectively reviewed.

Non-galenic arteriovenous fistulas in adults: transarterial embolization and literature review.

Background: Non-galenic dural arteriovenous fistula (NGAVF) is a rare congenital vascular abnormality characterized by high flow connections between cerebral arteries and a dilated pial venous varix. These lesions have been reported mostly in the pediatric population.

Objectives: To examine the clinical features and treatment outcomes for adult (≥ 18 years) patients with NGAVFs.

Utilization of Pipeline embolization device for treatment of ruptured intracranial aneurysms: US multicenter experience.

Objective: Utilization of the Pipeline embolization device (PED) in complex ruptured aneurysms has not been well studied. We evaluated the safety and effectiveness data from five participating US centers.

Methods: Records of patients with ruptured cerebral aneurysms who underwent PED treatment between 2011 and 2013 were retrospectively reviewed.

Direct access to the middle meningeal artery for embolization of complex dural arteriovenous fistula: a hybrid treatment approach.

Endovascular embolization has become increasingly favored over microsurgical resection for treatment of complex dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs). However, endovascular treatment can be restricted by tortuous transarterial access and a transvenous approach is not always feasible. We present a Borden III DAVF treated by direct access to the middle meningeal artery (MMA) and Onyx embolization performed in a hybrid operating room-angiography suite.

Direct access to the middle meningeal artery for embolization of complex dural arteriovenous fistula: a hybrid treatment approach.

Endovascular embolization has become increasingly favored over microsurgical resection for treatment of complex dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs). However, endovascular treatment can be restricted by tortuous transarterial access and a transvenous approach is not always feasible. We present a Borden III DAVF treated by direct access to the middle meningeal artery (MMA) and Onyx embolization performed in a hybrid operating room-angiography suite.